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Meaning of strike at the heart of | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To attack the central or most important part of (something).

Examples

“Beeching's proposals struck at the heart of the railway industry's ethos and what it meant to be a railway worker.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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